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A lot of the issues with someone who has been in those situations, is the pain that is caused by discussing what happened and talking to people that dont understand a lot about it...
Another issue is trying to talk to non-mil people...I find that discussions with a few friends that have served in those situations are different when someone is around that is non-mil to when we are alone chatting...
My sense of humour is not taken right by a lot of people but my friends from the mil have the same humour, even I get a little put off by some things said but i never get offended or take offence, its just there way...Especially if you have served in the services with the guys that served during conflict...My time in was the mid 80's when there where still members of the forces that had served during the 60-70's...Good people and they trained you with an understanding of what could happen...
Its very sad that its hard for them to open up and explain, but with what they are carrying on there shoulders and the treatment our returned service members recieved in the old days, you can understand... If I have a friend open up, I dont repeat what is said or dismiss or even say i know, I just listen(and sometimes even cry inside, it can be very hard for someone to tell you the horrors they experienced, and very rare)...
I find that a lot of the new generations are very detached about what war is, they have this concept of hero worship and glory... It will be sad the day they have to find out its all about loss and death, and no glory or heroes...
My grandfather fought in WW1(France-British Artillery regiment) and then served locally in WW2(29th Garrison- Perth)...My uncle served in WW2 but i dont know where, only just discovered he was in the Army not the Navy as I previously thought...
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